Fiery-capped Manakin

The Fiery-capped Manakin is a passeriforme of the family Pipridae.

It is approximately 9 cm long. The male has a gold cap and nape with a red median stripe (often hidden). Rest of upperparts are rosy rufous to maroon but the auriculars, wings and tail are olive green. The throat is whitish and the rest of the underparts are streaked dull pink and whitish. The iris is dark red, the bill is blackish and the legs are pinkish. The female is olive-green above with a pale grey throat and pale greyish olive with blurry streaks below.

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It feeds on small fruits and insects.

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The nest is in the shape of a wine glass and is constructed of fine vegetable fibres and moss. It is built between two forks in a bush about 1 m above the ground.

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It inhabits tropical humid forest at low altitudes. It is strictly a forest bird.

It is inconspicuous in the forest and its vocalization is extremely quiet and almost imperceptable amongst the noise of cicadas. It lives close to springs and defends its territory when another male is present. In display, its modified secondaries make a loud mechanical noise.

A população ainda não foi quantificada, e tem distribuição irregular. Acredita-se que exista menos de 10.000 indivíduos maduros, com um declínio maior de 10% em dez anos ou três gerações, devido à perda de habitat, pois é encontrado em fragmentos florestais. Por estas razões, a espécie é avaliada como Preocupante.

Pode ser encontrado no Brasil, Bolívia, Peru e Venezuela. No Brasil pode ser encontrado nos seguintes estados: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins.

  Ocorrências registradas no WikiAves

• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Disponível em: <http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/145494/0>. Acessado em 26 nov 2009.